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Post by Ian Noble on Jun 5, 2017 10:13:07 GMT
Dynasty Five's MOST VALUABLE PLAYER 2017ANTHONY DAVIS Milwaukee BucksThis year's Dynasty Five Most Valuable Player Award goes to Anthony Davis of the Milwaukee Bucks! (Glenn Robinson)
This year was possibly the most difficult decision for MVP ever made. There were five extremely close contenders in the race for MVP (see below) but in the end nobody achieved more with less help than The Brow, Anthony Davis! Drafted #1 out of Kentucky by Glenn Robinson all the way back in D5's first draft in 2012, the Bucks have remained steadfastly devoted to AD through thick and thin and through waves of injuries for the full five years of Davis's rookie contract.
Since drafting Davis Glenn Robinson has become one of only four GMs to win EOTY building a solid young team to support his centrepiece and superstar player. This was the first year Milwaukee has not been troubled by sweeping injury problems and they excelled from the start, occasionally sitting atop the Eastern Conference thanks to Davis's leadership. The Bucks are a team that have been rebuilt completely during D5's six year history and Anthony Davis leads what is now one of the elite teams in the league - finishing third overall in regular season wins this year behind only Golden State and Chicago. The Bucks eventually finished second in what is now a packed and competitive Eastern Conference and eventually fell in six games to the defending champion Charlotte Hornets.
Golden State and Chicago presented their own potential MVPs and no player came closer to Davis this year than Chicago's Kawhi Leonard. Kawhi's newly acquired presence has turned Chicago's lineup into a terrifying spectacle, a big-3 of Kawhi, Butler and former D5 MVP Chris Paul were the only team above Milwaukee in the East this year and have steamrolled through to a Finals berth in the Playoffs after a 15-win improvement on last regular season's record. The only factor that gave Davis the edge this year was that although Milwaukee has a great team, he is their only true superstar, whereas Kawhi is one of three. Despite a D5 record 72 win season, Golden State's Lebron James and Steph Curry also split voting and again reinforce the reason why they each aren't MVPs when surrounded by other greats. In real life the expected leading vote getters, Russell Westbrook and James Harden, both under-performed during D5's regular season to an extent that left them out of the race. Last year's D5 MVP, Kevin Durant, should also be considered 3rd Place this year after admirably leading the Thunder once again.
As one of the premier players in the league Davis began life in D5 rated 79, increased the following season to 82, the following season he was raised to 87 and he finally plateaued last season at a historic 92 rating for the Bucks! Davis is cementing his stature as one of the greatest Power Forwards in the history of the game and in D5 Anthony Davis has solidified himself as one of those players that hardcore D5 GMs will trip over when they try to think which NBA team he plays for - he's a Bucks player right? Are you sure he plays for New Orleans?
Statistically Davis finished 3rd in the league in Points Per Game, 2nd in Blocks and joint 10th in Rebounds.
Congratulations on a spectacular year to the Milwaukee Bucks, Glenn Robinson and of course to Anthony Davis, 2017 Dynasty Five Most Valuable Player!2016/17 Stats - 28.0ppg | 10.4rpg | 2.2apg | 1.7spg | 2.7bpg2015/16 Stats - 26.3ppg | 11.2rpg | 1.9apg | 2.0spg | 2.3bpg 2014/15 Stats - 22.4ppg | 10.4rpg | 1.9apg | 1.5spg | 2.3bpg 2013/14 Stats - 19.9ppg | 10.5rpg | 1.9apg | 1.1spg | 2.2bpg 2012/13 Stats - 15.9ppg | 9.7rpg | 1.9apg | 1.0spg | 1.6bpg
Also in contention: Kawhi Leonard - 25.2ppg | 7.6rpg | 2.9apg | 2.3spg | 1.3bpg Kevin Durant - 28.0ppg | 7.8rpg | 6.3apg | 1.9spg | 1.3bpg Lebron James - 24.6ppg | 8.5rpg | 6.1apg | 1.9spg | 1.8bpg Steph Curry - 28.0ppg | 4.9rpg | 6.9apg | 2.5spg | 0.6bpg
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Post by Ian Noble on Jun 11, 2017 13:20:43 GMT
Congratulations to Glenn Robinson and Anthony Davis, 2017 Dynasty Five Most Valuable Player!
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Post by Hanamichi Sakuragi on Jun 11, 2017 14:20:36 GMT
VALUABLE right? No Kristaps?? Abomination!
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Post by Ian Noble on Jun 11, 2017 14:23:23 GMT
VALUABLE right? No Kristaps?? Abomination! Kristaps was in fact right after Lebron and Steph on my list! I just felt like Lebron and Steph made history. Kawhi made a huge difference. Durant was incredible. Davis's team came 3rd in the league. Those five were so close it seemed wrong to put Kristaps in the same tier.
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Post by Hanamichi Sakuragi on Jun 11, 2017 16:36:34 GMT
VALUABLE right? No Kristaps?? Abomination! Kristaps was in fact right after Lebron and Steph on my list! I just felt like Lebron and Steph made history. Kawhi made a huge difference. Durant was incredible. Davis's team came 3rd in the league. Those five were so close it seemed wrong to put Kristaps in the same tier.The last sentence explained it. You were actually affected by the numbers beside their name in the roster page and what you saw in real life.... If we try to equate what Kristaps did in real life, he basically led NYK to the playoffs without Carmelo Anthony...
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Post by Vlade Divac on Jun 11, 2017 16:41:14 GMT
Kristaps was in fact right after Lebron and Steph on my list! I just felt like Lebron and Steph made history. Kawhi made a huge difference. Durant was incredible. Davis's team came 3rd in the league. Those five were so close it seemed wrong to put Kristaps in the same tier.The last sentence explained it. You were actually affected by the numbers beside their name in the roster page and what you saw in real life.... If we try to equate what Kristaps did in real life, he basically led NYK to the playoffs without Carmelo Anthony... I don't remember seeing the Knicks in the playoffs?
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Post by Chris Mullin on Jun 11, 2017 18:54:49 GMT
I can understand the logic of Lebron and Steph taking votes away from one another, but kind of surprised to see them finish 4th & 5th in consideration when we won 72 games this year.
There are only 2 teams to win 72+ games in NBA history and both had the MVP those years IRL.
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Post by Ian Noble on Jun 11, 2017 19:07:37 GMT
I can understand the logic of Lebron and Steph taking votes away from one another, but kind of surprised to see them finish 4th & 5th in consideration when we won 72 games this year. There are only 2 teams to win 72+ games in NBA history and both had the MVP those years IRL. Which one gets the award though? That's where I got stuck.
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Post by Kevin Hollis on Jun 11, 2017 19:19:30 GMT
I can understand the logic of Lebron and Steph taking votes away from one another, but kind of surprised to see them finish 4th & 5th in consideration when we won 72 games this year. There are only 2 teams to win 72+ games in NBA history and both had the MVP those years IRL. Which one gets the award though? That's where I got stuck. Kevin Durant, that's who.
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Post by Chris Mullin on Jun 11, 2017 19:25:18 GMT
I can understand the logic of Lebron and Steph taking votes away from one another, but kind of surprised to see them finish 4th & 5th in consideration when we won 72 games this year. There are only 2 teams to win 72+ games in NBA history and both had the MVP those years IRL. Which one gets the award though? That's where I got stuck. Clearly a tough decision, but if you had to differentiate between the two then D5 regular season stats could've been the deciding factor. Which in that case I would say Curry would get the nod. Despite what the end of season League Leaders page says Curry was 2nd overall in D5 scoring. He had slightly more total points than Davis and Durant, while all 3 played the same amount of games. Curry was 2nd in scoring, 1st in steals, and 10th in assists. Those numbers are pretty similar if not better than Davis being 3rd in scoring, 2nd in blocks, and 10th in rebounds IMO.
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Post by Chris Mullin on Jun 11, 2017 23:16:04 GMT
I get that Anthony Davis doesn't have another superstar on his team, but he did have Marc Gasol (87), Jeff Teague (84), Avery Bradley (83), and Bradley Beal (80) helping him out.
Lebron James also won 2 D5 MVPS while playing for Miami despite being surrounded by players with very high ratings. He won it in 2011/12 when he had a 96 rated Dwyane Wade playing along side of him in addition to an 88 rated Chris Bosh. Maybe the most notable was when he won it again in 2013/14 surrounded by Dwyane Wade (90), Amare Stoudemire (87), Steve Nash (86), and Tyson Chandler (82).
Oh well, it's not going to change, and honestly I care more about winning a D5 Championship than any type of individual awards. I'd gladly trade my 2 EOTY awards for D5 Championships in a heartbeat if it was possible. I'm just really surprised that a team wins 72 games during the regular season and not only is the league MVP not from that team, they don't even have a guy in the top 3 of the race.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2017 23:21:38 GMT
Bullshit. You can't give MVP to a player on a super team. Fuck that. I like that Ian awards MVP as it is verbatim as opposed to this "best player on the best team" bullshit that media cunts do IRL.
D5 is better than real life, and this year's MVP proves it. Go Ian!
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Post by Glenn Robinson on Jun 11, 2017 23:32:24 GMT
Very proud of Anthony. He's been a great pillar for our organization and we look forward to many more years of winning seasons and contending for a championship with him as the focal point.
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Post by Chris Mullin on Jun 11, 2017 23:36:37 GMT
Bullshit. You can't give MVP to a player on a super team. Fuck that. I like that Ian awards MVP as it is verbatim as opposed to this "best player on the best team" bullshit that media cunts do IRL. D5 is better than real life, and this year's MVP proves it. Go Ian! I disagree, but you're obviously entitled to your opinion.
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Post by Chris Mullin on Jun 12, 2017 0:20:40 GMT
One last thing: I'm just trying to stick up for my guys that accomplished something that is extremely difficult to do and that had never been done before in D5. I feel that one of them should've been rewarded for it. I sincerely hope that I'm not coming across as a total douche by voicing my displeasure on this matter. If I am coming across that way, then I apologize for that because I don't want to be that guy. I'm moving on now, I promise.
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Post by Jeremiah Hill on Jun 12, 2017 1:37:54 GMT
One last thing: I'm just trying to stick up for my guys that accomplished something that is extremely difficult to do and that had never been done before in D5. I feel that one of them should've been rewarded for it. I sincerely hope that I'm not coming across as a total douche by voicing my displeasure on this matter. If I am coming across that way, then I apologize for that because I don't want to be that guy. I'm moving on now, I promise. I mean, we do have an all nba team in D5 right? I'm sure they'll both make that team. Steph is never gonna be an MVP in D5 simply because of the way the sim handles guards (something that might correct itself based on Ian's tinkering). This year had a few guys worthy of the award just like in real life.
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Post by Ian Noble on Jun 12, 2017 8:21:05 GMT
One last thing: I'm just trying to stick up for my guys that accomplished something that is extremely difficult to do and that had never been done before in D5. I feel that one of them should've been rewarded for it. I sincerely hope that I'm not coming across as a total douche by voicing my displeasure on this matter. If I am coming across that way, then I apologize for that because I don't want to be that guy. I'm moving on now, I promise. No it's fair enough you feel that way. I've started working on MVP threads for both Kawhi and Lebron as well as AD this year. It was the toughest decision on MVP I think I've ever had to make. Kawhi led to 15 more wins for the Bulls, I felt Lebron was the 72-win factor, and AD had the least help. There wasn't really a 100% correct choice to make this year.
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